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Support Our Schools ("SOS")

By BrownWinick | 09.09.2018
During the month of August, BrownWinick collected items and donations for Support Our Schools (“SOS”). Donations were collected along with hundreds of school supplies including backpacks, pens, pencils, notebooks, markers, crayons, notecards and boxes of Kleenex. The mission of SOS is to provide free items to teachers, students, and schools in... Read More

The Benefits of a Memorandum of Understanding

By BrownWinick | 09.04.2018
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) is a non-binding agreement between two parties that sets forth the key terms of a potential, soon to follow binding agreement. For instance, if one business intends to collaborate with another business, the parties may wish to first make sure they are at least generally on the same page before significant... Read More

BrownWinick Participates in 11th Annual Meals from the Heartland

By BrownWinick | 08.29.2018
BrownWinick staff and attorneys participated in one of the largest volunteer efforts in the country – the 11th Annual Hunger Fight, sponsored by Meals from the Heartland. The event was held August 29 - September 1. During the Hunger Fight, volunteers package millions of meals for poor and malnourished people around the world. Each meal package is... Read More

Unifying GDPR With US Laws Compliance

By BrownWinick | 08.21.2018
Matt McKinney was a guest speakers on an international podcast - Data Security and Privacy with the Privacy Professor Rebecca Herold. The podcast was on "Unifying GDPR With US Laws Compliance." Organizations are struggling to meet compliance with GDPR, US regulations and laws and all the other worldwide data protection legal requirements. There is... Read More

Assistance Animals and Fair Housing

By Katie McKain Tegtmeier | 08.20.2018
The Fair Housing Act (FHA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) prevent discrimination in housing against tenants due to a disability. Even if a lease says “no pets” or restricts the breed, size or weight of pets, Landlords are required to make a “reasonable accommodation” to allow assistance animals, including those that... Read More

BrownWinick Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America® "Lawyers of the Year" for 2019

By BrownWinick | 08.16.2018
The Best Lawyers in America®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named five BrownWinick attorneys as Best Lawyers "Lawyers of the Year" for 2019. Marc T Beltrame has been named Best Lawyers’ 2019 Des Moines Government Relations "Lawyer of the Year." Michael R. Blaser has been named Best Lawyers’ 2019... Read More

BrownWinick Attorneys Named to 2019 Best Lawyers® List

By BrownWinick | 08.16.2018
BrownWinick is pleased to announce that 27 lawyers have been included in the 2019 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers has published their list for over three decades, earning the respect of the... Read More

Horizontal Property Regime

By Katheryn Thorson | 07.25.2018
Developing a condominium building in Iowa comes with its own set of legal requirements and common concerns a person needs to be aware. A condominium project is called a “Horizontal Property Regime” and is governed by Iowa Code chapter 499B. This chapter sets forth the applicable law governing a condominium project, and the most important... Read More

Marijuana is Coming (even to Iowa)

By BrownWinick | 07.13.2018
As marijuana continues to trend toward the mainstream, states are adopting and reaping the benefits of legalizing the leaf. The marijuana market was valued at nearly $9 billion last year (2017) and is expected to quintuple, rolling up to $50 billion by 2026. 31 states plus the District of Columbia (D.C.) have legalized marijuana in some form,... Read More

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